University of Massachusets Athletics
Tuesday, January 27
Oxford, Ohio
9:00 PM
University of Massachusetts
at
Miami (OH)
Photo by: THOM KENDALL FOR UMASS ATHLETICS
Massachusetts Basketball Heads To Miami (OH) For Tuesday Night Matchup
January 26, 2026 | Men's Basketball
Minutemen and RedHawks tip-off at 9 p.m. on ESPNU.
| University of Massachusetts Men's Basketball Notes & Information | |
| Matchup | Massachusetts at No. 25 Miami (OH) |
| Date | Times | Tuesday, Jan. 27 | 9:00 p.m. |
| Location | Oxford, Ohio | Millett Hall |
| @UMassMBB | |
| @umassbasketball | |
| UMass Men's Basketball | |
AMHERST, MASS. - The Minutemen travel to Oxford, Ohio, to take on Miami (OH) for a Tuesday night contest on January 27, at 9 p.m. The game will be streamed on ESPNU with live updates and links available at umassathletics.com or @UMassMBB on X (Twitter).
This week for the Minutemen
The Matchup
- Massachusetts has faced Miami (Ohio) twice in program history, posting a 2-0 record.
- The Minutemen and the RedHawks competed in a home-and-home series over the 2012-13 and 2013-14 seasons.
- The team first met on January 2, 2013, in Oxford, Ohio, where Massachusetts narrowly won 70-69 with Raphiael Putney (20 points, nine rebounds) leading the way for UMass.
- The second meeting came on January 4, 2014, when Massachusetts secured a 73-65 victory at the Mullins Center.
- Chaz Williams led the Minutemen in scoring with 18 points.
Last Time out
- Massachusetts came up with several clutch possessions down the stretch to edge Buffalo, 68-67, last Friday night, to improve to 4-5 in the MAC.
- Graduate student Marcus Banks Jr., scored a team-leading 19 points, knocking down four three-pointers on the night.
- Leonardo Bettiol followed with 16 points, shooting 7-for-10 from the field, and tallying seven rebounds.
- Daniel Hankins-Sanford registered his eight double-double of the season with 15 points and a game-high 10 boards, going 4-for-4 from the charity stripe.
Scouting the REDHAWKS
- Miami (OH) enters Tuesday's game with a 20-game win streak, after defeating Kent State on the road, 107-101 last Tuesday.
- RedHawks Head Coach Travis Steele is in his fourth season at Miami (OH), accumulating a 72-46 (41-25 MAC) overall record during his time in Oxford, Ohio.
- Brant Byers leads the team in points, averaging 15.2 per game, and ranking 12th in the league.
- Eian Elmer and Antwone Woolfolk lead the RedHawks in rebounds, averaging 5.8 and 5.3, respectively. Elmer is ranked 14th in the MAC, while Woolfolk is 22nd in the conference.
- The RedHawks are 20-0 overall and 8-0 in the MAC.
Year Four Under Coach Martin
- Massachusetts basketball enters its fourth season under head coach Frank Martin in 2025-26.
- Martin and the Minutemen finished the 2024-25 season with 12 wins, including seven in conference play. Under Martin's tutelage guard Rahsool Diggins had a breakout senior season, averaging a team-high 16.8 points on his way to earning All-Atlantic 10 Third Team honors.
- In 2023-24 Martin led the Minutemen to their best season since 2014, finishing with a 20-11 overall record and securing a top-four seed in the Atlantic 10 Championship.
- Coach Martin started his time in Amherst by leading the Minutemen to their best record under a first-year head coach since 1996 and the Myrtle Beach Invitational title during the 2022-23 campaign.
- Martin holds a 344-255 (.575) collegiate coaching mark, picking up 171 of his wins in 10 seasons at South Carolina while recording 117 wins in five seasons at Kansas State.
- Head coach Frank Martin picked up his 300th collegiate coaching win on Jan. 25, 2023 with a 85-76 win over Richmond.
TIP-OFF TIDBITS
- UMass has held opponents to a 29.2 shooting percentage from three, ranking first in the conference and 18th in the country.
- UMass' +6.1 rebounding margin ranks second in the MAC.
- Massachusetts ranks third in offensive rebounds per game (12.33).
- The Minutemen rank third in the MAC and 32nd nationally by averaging 17.6 assists per game.
- Massachusetts' nine MAC games have been decided by a combined 36 points or 4.00 points per contest.
- UMass features four players averaging double figures in points including Leonardo Bettiol (17.1), Marcus Banks Jr. (16.2), Daniel Hankins-Sanford (11.7) and K'jei Parker (11.6).
- Bettiol and Banks Jr., rank seventh and ninth, respectively, in points per game in the MAC.
- Bettiol is also shooting 60.5 percent from the field to rank first in the league and 25th nationally.
- Bettiol is also averaging 7.5 rebounds per game to rank fifth in the MAC, while Hankins-Sanford ranks eighth (7.2).
- Among MAC players, Banks Jr., ranks first in three-point attempts (177), second in three pointers made (66) and in three pointers per game (3.14), and third in three-point percentage (37.3).
- Danny Carbuccia's 6.0 assists per game rank second in the MAC and 32nd in the country, while his 3.21 assist/turnover ratio is second in the league and 33rd in the country.
- Carbuccia ranks third in the country among freshmen in both categories.
- Carbuccia's 4.00 assist to turnover ratio in MAC games also ranks second in league games, as does his 6.67 assists per game mark.
- Hankins-Sanford (8) and Bettiol (3) each have multiple double-doubles this season.
- Hankins-Sanford's eight double-doubles are the second most in the MAC.
Up Next
- The Minutemen return to Mullins Center on Saturday, January 31, for a 6 p.m., game against Eastern Michigan. The game will be streamed on ESPN+ with live updates and links available at umassathletics.com or @UMassMBB on X (Twitter).
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